Positivity: Chinese Doctor Donates Bone Marrow to US Girl

This will be a positive thing, even if it doesn’t work out (But I pray it will; HT HappyNews.com):

Chinese doc donates marrow to U.S. girl

BEIJING - (AP)

A doctor from eastern China donated his bone marrow Monday in the hope of helping an 8-year-old American girl with a potentially deadly blood disease.

Wang Lin, a doctor from Zhejiang province, underwent a procedure to have some of his bone marrow removed at Beijing’s Dongpei Hospital to help treat Kailee Wells, a Chinese-born American citizen suffering from aplastic anemia.

Wells’ family has been searching for a donor since Kailee fell ill three years ago.

Wang donated blood in May and was told in August that a survey of 30,000 donors revealed he was a perfect match for Kailee, according to a release from the Dongpei Hospital.

Wang “didn’t hesitate” to offer his bone marrow and even delayed a trip to visit his pregnant wife so he could undergo a required physical exam, the release said.

Wang’s marrow was to be sent by courrier to the United States on Monday by a representative from the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Kailee is being treated, the release said.

Linda and Owen Wells adopted Kailee from China after her birth mother left her at an orphanage in southern Hunan province.

Kailee’s illness wasn’t discovered until she developed a 105-degree fever the night of her fifth birthday when the family lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Aplastic anemia remains uncommon _ about 1,000 new cases are discovered each year in the United States. While many are cured, Kailee has a severe form of the disease and needs a bone marrow transplant. Her inability to produce healthy blood has left her unable to fight off infections.

The Wells family was preparing for the arrival of the bone marrow and expected Kailee to undergo the transplant procedure on Nov. 7, said Linda Wells in an email to The Associated Press last week.